Mohammed, Buddha and Christ, 4 lectures1877 |
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... matters of religion , still less for his assuming the lordship over them in all matters civil as well . The modesty and humility apparent in him so long as his mind was possessed with objective truth , gradually gives way to the ...
... matters of religion , still less for his assuming the lordship over them in all matters civil as well . The modesty and humility apparent in him so long as his mind was possessed with objective truth , gradually gives way to the ...
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... matter lies not in his polygamy , nor even in his occasional licentiousness , but in the fact that he defended his conduct , when it created scandal , by professed revelations which are now embodied as parts of the Koran . When his ...
... matter lies not in his polygamy , nor even in his occasional licentiousness , but in the fact that he defended his conduct , when it created scandal , by professed revelations which are now embodied as parts of the Koran . When his ...
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... matters are explained , Mohammed appears in them a man of a much lower type than the Old Testament prophets , not to speak of such men as Paul or John . The strength of Mohammed's conviction is . best measured by its results in those ...
... matters are explained , Mohammed appears in them a man of a much lower type than the Old Testament prophets , not to speak of such men as Paul or John . The strength of Mohammed's conviction is . best measured by its results in those ...
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... matter of race than of religion , of individual temperament than of creed . The Arabs despise and reproach the Turks for their stupid apathy in ascribing to God what is the result of their own folly . " He bared his back , " they say ...
... matter of race than of religion , of individual temperament than of creed . The Arabs despise and reproach the Turks for their stupid apathy in ascribing to God what is the result of their own folly . " He bared his back , " they say ...
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... matter is that he restricted polygamy , and that its abolition was impossible and un- suitable to the population he had to do with . The allegation , however , that Mohammed confined polygamy within narrower limits than 1 That ...
... matter is that he restricted polygamy , and that its abolition was impossible and un- suitable to the population he had to do with . The allegation , however , that Mohammed confined polygamy within narrower limits than 1 That ...
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Page 171 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 120 - ... we knew no law but that of the strong, when God raised among us a man, of whose birth, truthfulness, honesty, and purity we were aware, and he called us to the unity of God, and taught us not to associate anything with...
Page 150 - I must comfort her,' — said to her, 'My good girl, I cannot myself give medicine for it, but I know of a doctor who can attend to it.
Page 173 - As a mother, even at the risk of her own life, protects her son, her only son : so let there be goodwill without measure among all beings. Let goodwill without measure prevail in the whole world, above, below, around, unstinted, unmixed with any feeling of differing or opposing interests.
Page 227 - Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit, who worketh when, and where, and how he pleaseth. So also are all other elect persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the word.
Page 66 - And your slaves ! See that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves ; and clothe them with the stuff ye wear. And if they commit a fault which ye are not inclined to forgive, then sell them, for they are the servants of the Lord, and are not to be tormented.
Page 99 - The sword indeed : but where will you get your sword ! Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one. In one man's head alone, there it dwells as yet. One man alone of the whole world believes it ; there is one man against all men. That be take a sword, and try to propagate with that, will do little for him. You must first get your sword!
Page 137 - Muni, and is a Muni thereby; he who in this world weighs both sides is called a Muni.
Page 102 - Great God! if my course were not stopped by this sea, I would still go on, to the unknown kingdoms of the West, preaching the unity of thy holy name, and putting to the »word the rebellious nations who worship any other gods than thee."( 153) Yet this Mahometan Alexander, who sighed for new worlds, was unable to preserve his recent conquests.
Page 45 - It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many thousands in their garments of humility and mortification/ with their naked heads, and cheeks watered with tears, and to hear their grievous sighs and sobs, begging earnestly for the remission of their sins.